2018江西省中考英语试题及答案

2018江西中考

二、单项填空(8分)请阅读下面各题,从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。(每小题1分)

28. The food is very delicious in that restaurant. We could go and ______ it?

A. sell

B. help

C. produce

D. try

29. Susan never gets upset when she has to wait in line. She is very ______ .

A. shy

B. honest

C. funny

D. patient

30.--Could I speak to Paul? I phoned _____.

--Sorry he is still in his meeting.

A. late

B. earlier

C. earliest

D. later

31. Sorry I'm late. I _______ with a friend and I completely forgot the time.

A. talk

B. am talking

C. was talking

D. will talk

32. I live near a big _______. It gets very noisy on match days.

A. hospital

B. store

C. bank

D. playground

33. -- Can students go online during lessons?

-- They can ________ it is for that lesson.

A. if

B. or

C. so

D. but

34. Kids have to take many after school classes. They _______ hard to study for good grades.

A. push

B. are pushed

C. are pushing

D. have pushed

35. We ________ a party for Kate It's supposed to be a surprise.

A. were having

B. had

C. will have

D. have had

三、完型填空(25分)

A)请先阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项,

并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。(每小题1分)

There are purple clothes, purple handbags, purple bicycles, purple furniture, even purple computers! So purple is one of the most 36 colors today. But in the past, pur ple was a very expensive and unusual color. Let’s take a look at the rich 37 of the color purple.

Some scientists believe that the first plants to appear on Earth over 500 million years ago 38 looked purple, not green. Plants today are green because 39 use green chlorophyll (叶绿素) to produce energy. 40 these early plants probably used something called retinal, which is a dark purple color.

During the time of the roman Empire (37 BC-476 AD), it was very 41 to make purple dye (染料). The dye came from sea snails (海螺) .But10.000 dead sea snails 42 you just one gram (克)of purple dye… as well as a very bad smell! This 43 purple dye was called Tyrian purple, and it was the preferred 44 of emperors.

In 16th--century England, purple was 45 for the kings family members. Queen Elizabeth Is clothes were purple, but ordinary people were not allowed to 46 the color.

In 1856. William Perkin, an 18-year-old 47 student, noticed something strange while doing an experiment (实验). The chemicals (化学药品) he used to clean his instruments 48 with the chemicals he used in his experiment and produced a bright purple color. This 49 Perkin to start a company using this chemical mixture to make purple dye. The dye was much 50 than sea snail dye. Thanks to Perkin, now anyone can afford to wear purple clothes.

36. A. peaceful B. popular C. exciting D. serious

37. A. history B. style C. research D. product

38. A. gradually B. especially C. exactly D. probably

39. A. others B. they C. we D. some

40. A. And B. So C. But D. Until

41. A. dangerous B. common C. difficult D. strange

42. A. got B. passed C. wasted D. cost

43. A. basic B. harmful C. special D. perfect

44. A. color B. smell C. plant D. animal

45. A. even B. never C. seldom D. only

46. A. wear B. sell C. change D. make

47. A. geography B. science C. art D. math

48. A. compared B. mixed C. collected D. kept

49. A. survey B. suggestion C. discovery D. exam

50. A. healthier B. thicker C. cheaper D. darker

B)请先阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后用方框中所给词的适当形式填空,并将答案填写到答题卡的相应位置。每个词限用一次。(每小题1分)